Battery Connections
I run two RV batteries on my 5er. I want my lights to run twice as long. Is the proper connection + to + and - to -? I have been told some applicatios are + to - on both posts of the batteries. Is...
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Timay wrote:enblethen wrote:Please help me understand how putting the plus and minus on opposite sides will make the first battery get a better (more equal) charge...seems to me that IT DOESN'T MATTER. Electricity runs at the speed of light and putting the plus and minus anywhere on the line that feeds both batteries will accomplish the same charge.
Downtheroad:
That is correct!
That will give a closer to equal charge and discharge.
Of course, this is more than my opinion - if it matters I am a master electrician.
Tim
I may be going out on a limb here, I am not an electrician, BUT A/C is one thing and DC is another. Another thing is terminology, we are not wiring two batteries together, we are talking about creating ONE battery with more cells. By connecting the positive to one side of the battery, and the negative to the other, you are forcing the eletricity, (electrons), to flow thru all the cells of the battery ensuring that all cells get charged. If you connect both positive and negative to one side, if there is, and it will be, a differance in resistance between the cells, some cells will receive more current flow than the other. OHM's law anyone?
